Category Design
Healthcare facilities that invite
Birth of a new specialty: social networking design
Living a second life [The Economist]
No more SMS from Jesus: ubicomp, religion and techno-spiritual practices
In a reflective and insightful paper, Dr. Genevieve Bell, a highly respected anthropologist and director of user experience at Intel, analyses the use of technology to support religious practices. Bell argues that “the ways in which new technologies are delivering…
New usability report on the online travel sector
Google’s VP of user experience makes cover of Newsweek
Design intervention at Philips [Fast Company]
Ethnography and philanthropy: giving is aspiring
Tangible user interfaces: misconceptions and insights
Jeffrey Veen: designing the complete user experience
Branching out [The New York Times]
Certainly the message you would get if you were to visit the Umpqua branch in Portland’s trendy Pearl District neighborhood seems only vaguely related to the mundane business of certificates of deposit, checking accounts and loans. With free wi-fi access,…
A look at Mau’s Massive Change [Business Week]
“What do a featherless chicken, Wal-Mart’s (WMT) logistics system, and an economic theory on homeownership have in common? To Bruce Mau, they all demonstrate the power of design-oriented thinking in the innovation process,” writes Robert Berner in Business Week. “These…
Mark Vanderbeeken interviewed on engageID
UTUM: building the best smartphone experience [SymbianOne]
Picking the brains of the Institute of Design [Usability News]
Philips developed emotional clothing prototypes
Philips unveils innovative Lifestyle Home prototype
ZIBA Design’s search for the soul of the Chinese consumer
Belgian experience design lab getting off the ground
One of the exciting initiaves within the Belgian C-Mine project is a new Experience Design Lab within the Media & Design Academy, a platform with the double function of integrating and transforming the various disciplines of the academy, and enabling…